Dracunculiasis
(dra-KUNK-you-LIE-uh-sis)
Guinea Worm Disease

• Guinea Worm Wrap Up
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID)

Guinea Worm Wrap Up

These documents are available in the following languages:

• English
• Français (French)

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

• Laboratory surveillance for wild and vaccine-derived polioviruses (September 30, 2005 / Vol. 54 / No. 38)
• Progress toward poliomyelitis eradication — Nigeria, January 2004-July 2005 (September 9, 2005 / Vol. 54 / No. 35)
• Progress toward poliomyelitis eradication — India, January 2004-May 2005 (July 8, 2005 / Vol. 54 / No. 26)
• Progress toward poliomyelitis eradication — Afghanistan and Pakistan, January 2003-May 2004 (July 23, 2004 / Vol. 53 / No. 28)
• Progress toward global eradication of poliomyelitis, January 2003-April 2004 (June 25, 2004 / Vol. 53 / No. 24)
• Wild poliovirus importations — West and Central Africa, January 2003-March 2004 (May 28, 2004 / Vol. 53 / No. 20)
• Progress toward poliomyelitis eradication — Nigeria, January 2003-March 2004 (April 30, 2004 / Vol. 53 / No. 16)
• Progress Toward Polimyelitis Eradication — India, 2003 (March 26, 2004 / Vol. 53 / No. 11)
• Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication — Ethiopia, Somalia, and Sudan, January 2002-August 2003 (November 7, 2003 / Vol. 52 / No. 44)
• Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, January-June 2003 (September 19, 2003 / Vol. 52 / No. 37)
• Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication — Afghanistan and Pakistan, January 2002-May 2003. (July 25, 2003 / Vol. 52 / No. 29)
• Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication — Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo, January 2002-June 2003 (August 29, 2003 / Vol. 52 / No. 34)
• Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication — India, 2002 (March 7, 2003 / Vol. 52 / No. 9)
• Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication — Nigeria, January 2002-March 2003 (June 20, 2003 / Vol. 52 / No. 24)
• Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication — Southern Africa, 2001-March 2003 (June 6, 2003 / Vol. 52 / No. 22)
• Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication — Egypt 2002. (March 28, 2003 / Vol. 52 / No. 12)
• Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication — Ethiopia, Somalia, and Sudan, January 2001-October 2002 (November 29, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. 47)
• Notice to Readers: 25th Anniversary of the Last Case of Naturally Acquired Smallpox (October 25, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. 42)
• Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication — India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, January 2001-June 2002 (September 20, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. 37)
• Progress Toward Global Dracunculiasis Eradication, June 2002 (September 13, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. 36)
• Progress Toward Poliomyelitis Eradication — Angola, January 1998-June 2002 (August 30, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. 34)
• Notice to Readers: National Laboratory Inventory as Part of Global Poliovirus Containment — United States, June 2002 (July 26, 2002 / Vol. 51 / No. 29)
• Progress Toward Poliomyelitis and Dracunculaisis Eradication — Sudan, 1999-2000 (April 13, 2001 / Vol. 50 / No. 14)
• Public Health Dispatch: Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication — Western Pacific Region, October 2000 (January 12, 2001 / Vol. 50 / No. 1)
• Global Disease Elimination and Eradication as Public Health Strategies (December 31, 1999 / Vol. 48 / Supplement)
• Imported Dracunculiasis — United States, 1995 and 1997 (March 27, 1998 / 47(11);209-211)
• Status of the Global Labortory Network for Poliomyelitis Eradication, 1994-1996 (August 1, 1997 / Vol. 46 / No. 30)
• Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis (December 1, 1995 / Vol. 44 / No. 47)
• Implementation of Health Initiatives During a Cease-Fire — Sudan, 1995 (June 16, 1995 / Vol. 44 / No. 23)
• Dracunculiasis Eradication — Ghana and Nigeria, 1994 (March 17, 1995 / Vol. 44 / No. 10)
• Update: Dracunculiasis Eradication — Pakistan, 1994 (February 17, 1995 / Vol. 44 / No. 6)
• Dracunculiasis Eradication — Ghana and Nigeria, 1993 (April 29, 1994 / Vol. 43 / No. 16)
• Update: Dracunculiasis Eradication — Mali and Niger, 1993 (February 4, 1994 / Vol. 43 / No. 4)
• Recommendations of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (December 31, 1993 / 42(RR16);1-25)
• Update: Dracunculiasis Eradication — Nigeria, 1992 (April 30, 1993 / Vol. 42 / No. 16)
• Update: Dracunculiasis Eradication — Ghana, 1992 (February 12, 1993 / Vol. 42 / No. 5)
• Update: Dracunculiasis Eradication — Ghana and Nigeria, 1991 (June 05, 1992 / 41(22);397-399)
• A Framework for Assessing the Effectiveness of Disease and Injury Prevention (March 27, 1992 / Vol. 41 / No. RR-3)
• Surveillance of Dracunculiasis, 1981-1991 (March 1992 / Vol. 41 / No. SS-1)
• International Notes Update: Dracunculiasis Eradication — Ghana and Nigeria, 1990 (April 19, 1991 / 40(15);245-247)
• International Notes Update: Dracunculiasis Eradication — Pakistan, 1990 (January 11, 1991 / 40(1);5-7)
• International Notes Update: Dracunculiasis Eradication — Worldwide, 1989 (January 5, 1990 / 38(51-52);882-885)
• Epidemiologic Notes and Reports: Regional Workshop on Dracunculiasis in Africa (January 2, 1987 / Vol. 35 / No. 51-52)
• International Notes Dracunculiasis Surveillance — India (April 29, 1983 / 32(16);208-10)
• Program to Eradicate Dracunculiasis — India. (1981 / Vol. 30 / No. 44)

Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID)

• The Guinea Worm Eradication Effort: Lessons for the Future (Vol.4/No. 3 July-September 1998)
• Progress Toward the Eradication of Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease): 1994 (Vol. 1/No. 2 April-June 1995)

Dracunculiasis

Dracunculiasis